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punity—( Cheers)---and he had understood that the Hon. nd Learned Gentleman himself (Mr. O'Connell) had lately given an example of obedience to it by paying his tithe.—( Hear, hear.) It wns net from any consideration of consistency that he supported this measure, but because he was willing to con sent to any reduction which the titheowners themselves desired to make for the security of the Church—( Cries of " Hear, bear")—and if he should support the amendrrer t which his Right lion. and Learned Friend (Mr. Shaw) intended to propose in Committee, it would only be because that amend ment would go to make the reduction of 25/ per cent. instead of 301._( Hear, hear.) lie was, however, of opinion that no reduction at all would be found to be necessary, provided the law was properly enforced ; and he believed it was amply suf ficient, if properly supported, to secure the payment of all the tithe in Irelend.—( Hear.) He should oppose the principle of appropriation to the utmost of his ability.—( Cheers, and cries of " Di. 'ale.") The House then divided_ For Mr. Ward's amendment l6 Against it a!,ijerity 0 34 On the re-admission of strangers, we found Sir CHARLES STYLE addressing the House. The lion. Member said that he was fully impressed with the im portance of the subject, and was as anxious as any man could be to see the tithe question finally settled. The only effect which the present system had was to excite the people of Ire land to discontent, and to render life and property in that country insecure. The fact was, that this 8.11 was based on false principles of legislation, for lie contended that it was a radical error to say that the revenues of the Church ought riot to be applied to other than Church purposes. The people of Ireland were hostile to the pad merit of tithes in any shape, and the conversion of that impost into a rent-charge would not get rid of their objection. This Bill, though it changed the name of tithes, would not get rid of the evils of the present system, as the only alteration proposed to be made by it was to render the landlords the parties who were to collect the tax, instead of the clergy. This, they might depend on it, would not he satisfactory. Tithes, they should recollect, were a tax imposed for one single object, and as the purpose to which they were applied was one in which the great balk of the Irish people could have no par,icipation, it was idle to suppose that they would be satisfied with any change that might be made which did not embody the prin ciple of appropriation. He opposed the Bill, believing it to be a gross delusion on the public, and not from any factious or party m ot i ves ; and therefore it was that be felt it la's duty to me - ve that it should he committed that day three months. Viscount MORPETH said that owing to the position in Which the Government were placed with regard to this ques tion it was wholly impossible that he could acquiesce in the motion of the Hon. Gentleman, the Member for Scarborough. Whether they had acted right or wrong in giving up the ap propriation clause, one thing was clear that the House had ex pressed itself significantly on the point. After what had passed, it would be somewhat whimsical on the part of the Government if they were now to say that they would stop short and proceed no farther with this Bill, when it likely to give satisfaction to all parties, and set at rest a question which had for so long a time operated so injuriously on the peace and tranquillity of Ireland. At all events, so far as the Government were concerned, it was impossible that they could entertain the proposition of the Hon. Baronet. Mr. BENETT said that although he was no party to the bribe which this measure gave to the landlords of Ireland, he yet felt it to be a matter of expediency to support the mea sure, on the ground that it would promote peace, unanimity, and conciliation in that country. Such a measure he consi dered as most material at the present moment, and for that reason he felt himself called on to vote against the motion of the Hon. Member for Scarborough. Lord DUNG ANNON said that, objecting, as he did, to the whole principle of this Bill, to all spoilation of the property of the Church, and feeling moreover that the measure was an unjust one, he should vote for the motion of the Hon. Baronet the Member for Scarborough, or any other motion, the object of which was to get rid of it. The motion was then put, and negatived without a division. The House then resolved itself into Committee on the Bill, Mr. Bernal in the Chair. The preamble was postponed, and the first clause agreed to. On clause two being put, Mr. SHAW said he could not believe that the Government were serious in the intention expressed in this clause to en force the repayment of the advances or instalments which bad been made under the Million Act. The whole sum which had been distributed under that Act would become due in No vember next, but he at the time stated, and such was the feeling which now prevailed in Ireland, that he had no expec tation that the repayment of this money would ever be de manded by the Government. If they persisted in their de mand for the repayment of the sums advanced under the Million Act, the consequence would be to force the Clergy to come for the payment of the arrears due to them upon the occupying tenant. The object of this Bill was said by the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite to be to secure peace and tranquillity in Ireland, but it was in some of the most disturbed as well as the poorest counties in Ire land that the largest portion of these arrears was due. He wished that the Government would consent, therefore, to give up all demand for the re-payment of the advances thich had been made to the Protestant Clergy of Ireland under the Million Act. He moved the omission of the second clause. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER thought the question one of considerable importance, but he thought that in point of form, the Right Hon. Gentleman could not move his amendment. He believed that the Right Hon. Gen tleman was prevented by the forms of the House from moving the omission of the clause, and, of course, also from substitut ing another clause. The first clause of the Bill repealed the right of all persons to tithes or composition for tithes, and stated that a rent charge should be substituted in lieu thereof ; the present cause merely provided for the continuance of the rights of the Crown to the repayment of the advances wider the Million Act until such time as Parliament should otherwise provide ; meaning, of course, thereby, that the sub ject would be brought under the attention of Parliament. With respect to lay impropriators, he was sure that the Right Hon. Gentleman did not contemplate that they who were rich and wealthy, and in many instances owners in fee, should be relieved from the repayment of the money they had re-• ceived. At the same time, he would have no objection hereafter (as we understood the Right lion. Gentleman) to enter upon the consideration of some arrangement by which the occupying tenant should be relieved of the payment of the arrears. The effect of the Right Hon. Gentleman's proposi tion, even if it could he carried, would be to deprive the country of the repayment of no less a sum than 640,000/. He hoped that the Right Hon. Gentleman would not persist in his amendment. Lord STANLEY did not think that the objection in point of form possessed so much importance as the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite had attached to. If his Right Hon. Friend pressed his amendment to a division, he (Lord Stanley) would be happy to support it. After a few wprds from the CHANCELLOR of the E X_ CHEQITF,R in explanation, Mr. SHAW said that with respect to the question of form, ho was not aware that there was any difficulty as to the omission of the clause ; but he believed that there might be some difficulty with respect to the substitution of another clause. However, as there was a doubt upon the subject, he would, for the ' , resent, withdraw the amendment. Mr. HARVEY said that if instead of 640,0001. they made the sum 64 0,000,000/, he would still consider the expenditure small, provided that by this application they secured the peace of Ireland. But he did not expect any such result, for the Honourable and Learned Member for Dublin hal t..ld them that when this Bill passed there would lie as great a scramble about the rent-char ge as there was at present about the tithes. He therefore protested against any surrender of this money. It would be nothing Film/ nor less than depriving the people of this country of 640,000/. Ile should be happy if by any magic he could throx the two parties who disagreed on this question into a sort of political sieve and shake it so that no residuum should be left but a few 4:ay Radicals.—( Loud taught-1..) Ile was nn Irish landlord himself, and had Irish sympathies, and, for his own plrt, did not care if the thousands were made millions, particularly if it could be done in Committee when all the reaort ers were asleep and the great men gone to dinner, or the Queen's Drawing-room ; but as an English M •mber, and looking to the interests of the people of England, he must protest against this advance. He hail consideration for the distresses of the Chancellor of the Exchequer; he sympathised deeply With him—( A laugh)—and, above all, he thought that it ought to be proved that the tithes fur which the loan was intended as a substitut e had not been received. He understood that the Iridt Law Courts had even proved too mighty for the master of that House; that judgments ha 1 been obtained against the Honourable and Learned Member for Dublin.— ( Laughter.) For all these reasons be would oppose the re mission of the loan.—( Hear.) Mr. JACKSON_, wou l d not pretend to f-dlow th e H on . .r who had just set down through his very facetious speech, but would confine himself to treat the question of outie,httretr the m illi on ought to be remitted. Ia his opinion it thought s 2 remitte I.—( H ear , h ear.) T he reason why he s o that the Irish Clergy h a d a ll a l ong b een given e reason to nbewliaeve that th e y never would be called on to refund times money, and Bills for the settlement of tithes had at various omes been brought ia,. remitting the claim. A n H on. and Learned Member; ° b P u P t o.lte had stet e d t h at h e had volunteered to ay his ties wer p e beforeth the Irish cvi ? becaus e f our causes aga i nst him ( He ar , h ear. ) F rom th hancellor at th e t i me o f his offer.— inatisqsluarter he (Mr. Jackson) thought that opposition to the re SHE I L that s s . :" was hardly decent. was under,tood on all sides that th e sums remitted we-enot latfterwards to be enforced, the re_ • .o n might be considered as a as to the Clergy. boon to the people as well lie trust that lion G.mils to •n opp.aite \you'd now be willing to g iv e 4 1 1 good ' term - were of- re d 11 the Gallant Officer (Sir li n . ot a o r n d l lnge) in 18:35. The Gal lant Officer then proposed only to remit the 600,000/. ilir edy paid, but to (rive the balance million to pay the a r r - i r l e e ars ie T rr othi s the Lord (Stanley) made no objection. her fur hilkenny had, or course, e!ject( A to a man suo »rted it. 11"'-'-'111)—but the Irish Members then ' er these eircurnst inecs be trusted that the million would be grao.ed. 1. "10 Mr. O'C ONNELL said that as, when his lion. Friend th e , !Taber for South war k t a lk e d of lights of t h e Church, an (' lr• Baronet opposite had owned the soft impeachment, he i O'Connell) tr us t e d th a t h e should n o t b e guilty of much t'ON:sonal vanity in co ns id er i ng hi mse lf t o b e t h e person alluded O by the Hon. and LearnedThember for Bandon.h e r b, Th e f acts tat he (111 r. O'Connell) '- had net as yet paid his tith es 0. .ns,lt. offered the money without costs, and his answer `vas r of four causes before the Chancellor. If biz butrifwere accepted, lie should consider himself hound by it, sold h o ces ts Were enforced, he wuuld permit the bed to be In Under him rather Than pay one faTthing.—( Minis- terial cheers.) Ile had always said that the million would new, rbe paid—it never would.--( Hear.) As to the Bill it self, it was idle to suppose that the people of Ireland would afire. to any compromise respecting it. They would consider nu arrangement final which should not contemplate an appro priation of the tithe far different from that now proposed. They might pass what Bill they pl"asci, but they would then be as flr from a final arrangement as ever. In the coe iction that any hope of giAting the money would be perfectly roman tic, he would g i ve hi s con sent to its remission.—( Hear.) Mr. SHAW said that he would withdraw his clause for the present, but would again propose it on the b' :nging up of the rein; t. It was then agreed that clause 2 should stand part of the Bill. On clause 3, Mr. SHAW prop , lscd a 3 an amendment, ,‘ At line 22, to fill up the blault with the words three fourths ;'" He said that this arrangement would make a deduction of 27!. 10s. per cent., and leave him but 64/. after all eedue tioos. Anything further he thought would be unreasonable. There was one other consideration he wished to press upon the House, it was that of the Irish livings, nearly one-half Vicre at this moment under the operation of Lord Stanley's Act. After one or two observations from Mr. LUCAS, Lord M 0 R PE TH said that it was extremely painful to him to le obli ge d to oppose any propos i t i ons f or i ncreas i ng the incomes of a meritorious class of persons, but the amount of reduction had been fixed on all sides of the House at 30 per cent., in all the Bflls which during the last four years had b en unsuccessfully introduced ; and he did not see why an additional bonus should now be given for the delay. He did not consider it would be prudent, looking at the excited state of public feeling in Ireland at this moment on the subject of tithes, to make any further allowance. Mr. LEFRO Y proceeded to make some observations, but from the low tone in which the Right Hon. and Learned Gen. tleman spoke, and the loud cries of " Question," they were inaudible in the gallery. Mr. GIL LON proposed the omission of the clause alto gether. The CHAIRMAN informed the Hon. Member that he was premature in proposing his amendment, as the question had not as yet been put " that the chaise do stand part of the Bill." After a few words from Mr. ARC H BOL D, Mr. Sergeant JACKSON, in reference to a petition which he h; d presented from the Bishep and Clergy of Elfin, said that if the clause pi ss d, incumbents at 1654 per annum, and even at this trr all income requiring a curate, would be reduced to the sum of 1161. The Committee then divided, when there appeared— For Mr. Shaw's motion lBB Against it Majority —2l On our return to the Gallery we found Mr. SHAW moving another amendment to the same clause, namely— " At line 31, after the word and' to insert the following %lords, subsequent to such first day of November; such rent charges shall become payable by two equal half-yearly pay ments, one whereof to become due on the first day of May, and the other,"' Lord MORPETH said that such an arrangement would be exceedingly inconvenient to the landlords of Ireland, whose rents were not paid with such a regularity as would warrant such a provision. Mr. LUCAS also objected to it as inconvenient to the te nant whose money only came in after the harvest time. Mr. O'CONNELL said it was quite immaterial whether the payment was to be made in one or two parts, for the tithe owner would be fortunate if he got it at all. For his own part, if the Bill should happen to go to a third reading, he should vote against it. Sir R. BATE SON said that, in the part of the country with which he was acquainted, the 'Tithe Composition Bill worked well at 15 'per cent. The landlord paid the tithes due at November, though he himself was not paid up until the following May. He would therefore support the half yearly payment. Mr. LITTON supported the amendment as founded on justico and by no means oppressive to the landlord. If the payment of the clergyman's income were postponed to the end of the year cases of great hardship must necessarily occur. If he had his own will in the case, he would even submit the reduction of income 25 per cent., as he was aware that in several instances such a reduction would deprive the incum. bent of some of the necessaries of life. After a few words from Lord Clements, Mr. Ormsby Gore, Mr. S. O'Brien, Mr. Lucas, Mr. Goulburn, Lord John Rus sell, and Mr. Shiel, the amendment was agreed to. Mr. SHAW then proposed the following proviso :—" That if at any time such rent-charge shall be in arrear and un paid for the space of six months next after the same shall have accrued due and payable, then and in such a case a sum equal to four-fifths of the annual amount of such tithe compositions shall, pro illa vice, be due and payable in lieu of such three fourths." Mr. O'CONNELL objected that such an important provi sion should be introduced at so late an hour, when it was now near twelve o'clock. He hoped the Right Hon. Gentleman would not press it to a division. Mr. SHAW said that he had already made toe large an al lowance for the sum to be deducted ; but as his amendment had passed, he thought it necessary that some means should be devised to secure prompt payment. Mr. D. ROCHE was not opposed to any measure which, if the Bill should pass, would provide for the payment of the Clergy in the most convenient way. But after the division which had taken place he considered that the Bill was not likely to pass. Mr. SHEIL said they were speaking of Ireland as if it were as tranquil as this country. It ought to be remembered that Ireland was in a state subsequent to six years of agita tisn.—( Cheers from the Opposition Benches.) There were two kinds of agitation, and the agitation to which he alluded was the constitutional agitation amongst those whose personal rights and interests were concerned. It would not be denied by Hon. Gentlemen at either side of the House that, during the last six years, there had been a vast deal of confusion in Ireland upon the subject of tithes, and consequently it was evident that in any attempt to settle the question they should not proceed as if no excitement of that description existed.— , ( Hear, bear.) Meetings of twenty, thirty, and even forty thousand persons had been held in Ireland, and at those meetings the multitudes of thoEe from whom tithes were claimed pledged themselves in the most solemn manner never again to pay tithes either in substance or in name. Let them then bear in mind that it was those people who were to be affected by this Bill. It was a fact worth recollecting that, three years ago, the Right Hon. Baronet the Member for Tamworth had declared that tithes could not be collected in Ireland, and evinced his willingness to grant a million of British money with a view towards their abolition, so far as it was practica ble. If it had been found difficult to collect them in 1835, it would be found more difficult to collect them in 1833. But, apart from this question, he ( Mr. Sheil) objected to the reduction which the Bill offered, inasmuch as it did not appear that there was any reduction upon the arrears of tithes; the proposed reduction was upon the accruing tithes, so that all the weight of the arrears were allowed to press with undiminished weight upon the persons by whom they were due. The Right Hon. Baronet opposite had, in 1835, proposed a reduction of 251. per cent., and it was surely no more than common justice that the same reduction ought to be allowed upon those arrears IA }licit became due since 1835. By adopting this arrangement they would give a sort of bonus upon the payment, and thus offer an inducement to defaulters to pay up the arrears; but the reduction upon ac cruing tithes wonld be quite insufficient. They should in the present state of Ireland offer every inducement to the people to pay nothing, instead of passing any law that would have a contrary tendency. Mr. SHAW would remark with respect to the non-appli cation of the reduction to the arrears that the landlords would not have to iay the arrears. Mr. ORMSBY GORE did not:consider that the justice or equity of the case ought to he afkete I by the state of Ireland. If the proposition of the Right Hon. Gentleman were a just one, if it would be found calcu'a•ed to carry out the previous motions which had been anticipated as ho believed it would, then it was clear they ought to adopt it ; if, however, the prin ciple of the motion was unjust they should reject in either case, acting not with reference to the s ate of Ireland, but to the justice and propriety of the motion.—( Hear, hear.) With respect to the reduction lie should remind the Committee that it was upon the landlords the sole burthen of the titters al ways lay, for however it might at first sight appear to he paid by the occupier, it was quite evident diet the charge, like all other charges of a similar description, should come upon the landlorl. If the occupier paid it the landlord would be obliged to let his land at a lower r.tnt ; and if the landlord himself paid it the land of course would let higher. He sup ported the motion. Mr. LUCAS said, with reference to a statement that Pro testants refused to pay tithes in Ireland, it was true in some cases, but it was because they were afraid to act in opposition to those around them. Mr. BROT II ERTO N, in consequence of the lateness of the hour, moved that the Chairman report progress and ask leave to sit again. The Committee then divided, when thers appeared— For the amendment Against it Majority . Upon our return to the gallery we f.uad— Mr. J. G RATTA N übj, c log to the discussion of so im portant a motion at that late hour. The Hon. Member con cluded by stating - that he would move as an amendment that the Chairman report progress and obtain leave to sit again. Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL o , jeted to the proposition of the Right lion. and Learned Gentleman, and stated his in tention of voting fw aay form of II o House which would have the effect of postponing the discussion at that late houre. Mr. LITTON was decidedly in favour of the proviso which would ,have the effect of preventing litigation between the clergymen and the people to a great extent. Mr. O'CONNELL objected to the proviso. Le.rd J. RUSSELL said it would have the effect of re ducing, of lessening still further the r e d uc ti on upon th e t i t h es . Sir' R. B ATE SON felt confident that if the majority had been It the other side there would be no efforts made to postpone the discussion of the proviso. —( Loud cheery.) 1.31 t those efforts now were evidently caused by the majority at that side. The Committee then divided, when there appeared— For the motion to adjourn Against it 137 .. 219 ... -161 Majority against the motion ... -59 0.1 our re-admission to the gallery we found anuther Hon. Me:nb.•r proposing the same motion. S:r T. ACL AND said that if these divisions went on, w:iouver gained the day both parties would lose the night.-- ( A laugh.) THE CORN LAWS, Earl FITZ WIL LIAM presented a petition from Glasgow praying for the total repeal of the Corn-laws. The Noble Earl considered the present Corn-laws as anti commercial, and destructive of the best interests of the manufacturing classes.—( Hear, hear.) He thought that the House ought deliberately to consider the measures it had adopted upon the subject of the Corn-laws, in order that such alterations might be made as the circumstances of the coun try required. The law, as it at present existed, was a dis grace to the Legislature of a free country. The petition was read at length. The Duke of RICHMOND said that those who had framed the present Corn Laws had no intention to injure the manufacturers by adopting a protecting duty. He disagreed in toto with the petition. The Earl of STANHOPE fearlessly asserted that the re peal of the Corn Laws would be an injury to the country, and would have the effect of reducing the wages of labourers. He was surprised to hear that the Noble Earl apprehended the dangefrof Corn-laws being swept away if prices were to rise to a very great height. Did he not know that if they rose to a certain height the duty was reduced, and the trade to a great extent thrown open ? He hoped, however, that the people would follow the advice even given by the Noble Earl him self, and refuse to pay all rents and taxes if this measure were adopted. Lord ASHBURTON might say that the present Corn_ laws had, he believed, worked better, and had been considered by the country as having worked better, than any system which had been previously introduced. Ile begged to draw the Noble Earl's attention to this, that when be told them of the great prosperity of the country at a period when no Co;;- lows were in force, he should remeinber that the great power of the manufacturing interest had arisen since then, and it was a singular fact that the countries which were the greatest in point of manufacturing prosperity and industry were those in which the price of bread was the highest. The Noble Earl should therefore reflect that there u ere some circumstances, not merely dependent on the price of bread, which should in fluence the consideration of this question—the advantages which great nations enjoyed and which free institutions brought with them were to he considered ; and when they found that the countries in which bread %las cheapest were in the most miserable condition, and that, even with alt their abundance of bread, the poor labourers could not obtain any —(1-lear, hear)—the Noble Earl was bound to reflect that these were all points of consideration in connection with the question. There was one other topic connected with the sub ject to which he wished to allude. A proposition to which lie might, without any irregularity, refer, as it appared on the Votes of the House of Commons laid on the table, had been made for grinding corn in bond for the purposes of exportation. Now, with every desire to maintain the protection afforded to the agricultural interest in its present state, lie must say that lie very much regretted that the friends of the landed interest in the other House had opposed that which he believed to be a salutary measure. The Earl of HA RD WICK E had risen for the purpos e o f eliciting from the Noble Viscount opposite information whe ther he was disposed to declare himself a supporter of these laws, or whethi r he would join with these parties who were anxious to put the question aside altogether, awaiting a more convenient opportunity of giving an opinion, which n.ight be . _ . . to the advantage of the Government. .... Lord PORTMAN hoped that the Noble Viscount would decline giving any opinion at a moment like the present, not only in consequence of the present state of the Corn markets, but because the question would probably come before Parlia ment next Session. Viscount MELBOURNE said that he should nst have felt called upon to state any opinion on the present occasion on this subject—a subject of great importance touching matters of deep interest, greatly affecting the interests of this country. and which, in his opinion, it was imprudent arid indiscreet to agitate without any intsntion or purpose of bringing the matter to a decision ; but as he bad been decidedly and distinctly • called upon, he could not reconcile it with his sense of daty sot to say a few words. The Noble Earl opposite had said, that it was essential that the opinions of the Government on the subject of these laws should be known.--(fiear, hear.) Now, he did not know that the op lions of the Government, as individuals, were of any greater value than those of any other persons. The opinions of the Government were only :.reportant as they indicated the intention of Government, and what the Gevernment intended to do on the subject was certainly a very important matter. Now he begged to say. for himself, that unquestiombly, looking at the present state of the country—considering the magnitude of the question—considering the various matters of importance with which it was connected—it was far from his intention to think of introducing any mra , ure on this subject, or of disturbing the present system. Ile would not give them any opinion upon the general principle upon which these laws were founded, but he agreed entirely in the opinion of the Noble Lord (A s hb u rt on ) t h a t they bad worked extremely well for the interests of both parties — much better than any former system had ever done. He could not then attempt to change such a system unless that change appeared to be in accordance with the wishes of the great majority of the people—unless he felt that in so doing he would be acting right, and acting for the benefit of the people, and he did not feel that in so ding he would be acting in conformity with the will of the people. lie thought it would be dangerous in the highest degree to abolish the present sys tem. There was much danger of losing the advantages a hie' , they at present possessed, and of introducing evils to whiellthey were not now su bj ect ; an d, therefore, his had no intention of proposing any alteration. He must say that he perfectly concurred in another opinion which had been ex pressed, snd which, indeed, referred to all matters of policy; but particularly to questions of commerce and finance. Those int , ,tests might flourish under inconvenient regulations—under systems impolitic and imprudent—under laws the most calcu lated to repress and subdue their energies ; they might flourish in a soil the most rugged, and in a climate the most ungenial; but they could not prosper, they could not thrive, under a system of frequent fluctuation and change.—( Loud cheers.) There was great danger in the change ; and, next to the change itself, was to be dreaded and feared the constant ap prehension of change. Influenced by such considerations, he, therefore, said that he had no intention whatever of intro ducing any change or alteration. He was glad to hear that this question was not likely to be made the subject of discussion this session. The Earl of HARDWICK E could assure the Noble Vis count that his statement would be received with the greatest satisfaction throughout the country. Earl FITZ\\ ILLIAM complained of those laws because they constituted a system, the effect of which was to counter act the beneficent intentions of the Great Ruler of the Uni verse, be presenting nations from interchanging their commo dities. With resiucct to the Grinding Bill, be was reijeed to The gallery was then cleared fur a division, when the num hers were— For the motion Against it 59 106 Majority -47 On our return to the gallery, however, we found Mr. O'CONNELL moving that the Chairman report pro gress, but the motion was negatived without a division. Mr. K EMBLE then rose and moved that the House should then adjourn. The gallery was again cleared, and the motion was agreed to without a division, and the House adjourned at Two o'Clock. HOUSE OF LORDS, JuLI- 2 The LORD CHANCRLLOR took his seat ors the Woolsack at the usual hour. The Earl of DEVON presented a petition from the Dean and Chapter of Christchurch against the alienation of Church property. Tho Bishop of E X ETE 2 presented a petition from Exeter against the English Tithe Commutation Act. A message from the 'louse of Commons brought up several Bills. Lord HATHE RTON presented a p , t;tion from West Bremwieli in favour of a National System of Education in England. The Duke of RUTLAND presented a petition from the Archdeaconry of Leicester against certain clauses of the Benefices Pluralities Bill. The objectionable clauses were from the Ilth to the I 9th, but with respect to all other clauses, except the 48th, the petitioners greatly approved of the Bill. The Noble Duke did not intend to oppose the second reading of the Bill himself, but he hoped the desires of the petitioners would be attended to by their Lordships. The Earl of RADNOR presented a peftion from the Board of Guardians of the union of A , ton, denying the alle. gation in a petition, presented by a Noble Lord (Wynford) some time since, complaining of the distance of the Union, and the non-appointment of the schoolmaster acid mistress and the relieving officer. - Lord WYNFORD believed, notnithstanding the petition that had just been presented by the Noble Earl, that the charges made aganst the Guardians were true. MR. TURTON. Lord \VITA RNCL IFFE stated that on the 20th of May last a Noble Friend of his had asked a question of the Noble Vis count opposite, relative to a person Lamed Turton, who had gone out to Canada. The question related to a report that he had been appointed, to a leading situation in Canada. Upon that occasion the Noble Viscount had stated that Mr. Turton had received no appointment, and that he did not even know that he had ever gone out. After such an answer, he ( Lord Wharneliffe) felt great surprise to see in the Quebec Gazette, that that Gentleman had received an appointment from Lord Durham. He trusted the Noble Lord would ex plain the matter to their Lordships. Viscount MELBOURNE said that, in the despatches from Lord Durham, no mention had been made of the appointment. He ( Lord Melbourne) had, however, seen the Quebec Gazette, and there could be no doubt that such an appointment bad taken place. He viewed that appoint ment with surprise and concern, and he could not but !uncut that it had taken place.—(Cheers.) Lord BROUGHAM said it was true that Mr. Turton had been charged with an aggravated offence, but it was to be remembered that it was his first and only one. Mr. Turton was a most enlightened member of the profession, and had sacrificed an income of 2,0001. a year for the purpose of going out with the Earl of Dur ham. In making this statement, he begged their Lordships not for one moment to suppose that ho was an advocate for adultery and seduction --(Cheers.) The Bishop of LONDON deprecated the principle laid down by the Noble Lord. He thought the religious ceremo nies of the Church ought to be observed and enforced. Lord BROUGHAM felt bound, after what had fallen from the Right Reverend Prelate, to re-assert what he had most guardedly before stated that ihereWa; nothing that cated or detested more than the offence charged against Mr. Turton. After a few words from the Bishop of LONDON the sub. loot dropped. TATTERSALL' S—YEsrEßne r. THE ST. LEGER. 5 to I agst Colonel Peel's lon—taken 13 to 1 agst Mr. Coombes's Cobham—Liken 20 to 1 apt Mr. Thompson 's colt 25 to 1 agst Mr. Fox's Jemmy Jumps—tak en 25 to 1 agst Mr. 13?wes s Appleton Lad—taken 25 to 1 a_:st Mr. Wilkins's Wee Willie—taken 20 to 1 apt Mr. Parkins's Lanercost—taken 33 to I agst Mr. Fairlie's The Ilvdra—take 40 to 1 Very little doing. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, JULY 3, 1.831 Lord'BROUG HAll, after a short conversation respecting the convenience of Noble Lords, postponed the further con sitleration of his motion on the slavery question to Wednesday, the I ith instant. RESIDENCE AND PLURALITIES BILL. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE presented a petition from the diocese of Norwich, objecting to some clams in this Bill, and praying that no pluralities would be allotted except where the parishes lay contiguous. Lord PORTMAN would not oppose the second reading of this Bill, but he would lend his best attention to make some requisite alterations in its details in Committee. The Marquis of LANSDO WNE presented eight other petitions from the same diocese, approving of the Bill generally, but praying for modifications in the details. The Bishop of ROCHESTER presented a petition of a different nature, praying that their Lordships would restrain the extension of powers fraught with danger to the Establish ment. The petit►on particularly objected to the 15th and 16th clauses. When the Bill went into Committee be intended to move the rejection of the third clause altogether. The Bishop of DURHAM presented a petition from the Clergy of the dioceso of Durham, approving of the principle of the Bill. The Bishop of EXETER gave notice that he would, if possible, call the attention of the House to the petition of Mr. Baker on the subject of national education on Tuesday (to-day). _ The Archbishop of CANTERBURY rose to move the second reading of the Residences and Pluralities Bill, and to state his intention to move in Committee certain alterations which appeared to him indispensable. He felt that there could not be any serious difference respecting the principle of the Bill, but there was a very considerable discordance on the de tails, as had been sufficiently seen by the petitions before them. He pledged himself, when the opportunity occurred in Committee, to attend to two points which especially ap peared to him to require settling, viz., to introduce a clause for the union of contiguous benches which ought to be joined, and another for the disunion of benefices at a distance from each other, joined together in former times, but which ought never to have been united. There had been great opposition as to the machinery of this Bill throughout the country, but he believed it had begja very undeservedly made in general. There was one subjecTl:however, on which he thought it right to advertise the House of the alteration he intended--that on changing the control in cases of appeal from the Commis sioners to the Archbishop of Canterbury, and the Queen in Council, by which he thought the interests of the Church would be better secured. He would postpone all discussion till Thnrsday, when he hoped their Lordships would enter into the business in Committee. The Bishop of EXETER did not intend to oppose the se. cond reading of the Bill, but rejoiced to hear that there were important amendments in contemplation. The Bishop of LONDON said that the Commissioners had been accused of a desire of intruding themselves into matters not properly belonging to them, but to the Bishops, and grasp ing greater powers than: they ought to have. He must differ historically with his Right Rev. Friend, for many of the powers of the Bill were introduced because it was thought that the Commissiorers would have more to do than they were now likely to have. As to the petitioners it appeared to him to signify little whether they came up to London with their ap peals or only to Lambeth Palace. Lord NFORD was sorry Ghat a Bill of such impor tance should be brought forward so late in the session. At the same time he should not oppose the second reading. If mailers were as they ought to be, and as our ancestors in tended they should be,. the Right Rev. Prelate himself would hate had the power of determining whether pluralities should or should not exist in his diocese. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY replied. The Bill was then read a second time arid ordered to be committed on Monday neat. The Freemal.'.J Admission Bill went through Committee. Adjourned. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. Two . or three stakes were brought under notice in the course of the day and some bets made on each, but taking it altogether bu sincss was neither heavy nor interesting. We take the events ac cording to their dates : JULY STAKES. 7 to 2 apt Duke of Richmond's Bul vark—taken 4 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Macrenaa—taken and afterwards offered 6 to 1 agst Mr. Wilson's filly—taken and afterwards offered 9 to 1 agst Mr. Bireham's Rouneival till)—taken 9 to 1 agst Mr. King's Condor—taken GOODWOOD STAKES. AUGUST 1. 6 to 1 agst Sir G. lleathcote's Valentissirno—taken freely 8 4 aTt Captain Gardnor's Toothill—taken 15 to 1 agst Sir G. lleathcote's Tawnry Ovrl—taken 100 even betted between 'foothill and Jack-in-the -Green ; Lo cotta was backed a day or two ago at 10 to 1; those odds arc now offered. NEWCASTLE RAGES, Fran Ar. The Innkeepers' Plate, added to a Handicap Stakes of 3 guineas each, to be made up 50 sous. by the Innkeepers and their Friends, for horses, &c., of all ages. Heats, once round and a distance. The second to save his stake. Mr. J. King's br. g. Remnant, 5 yrs, Bst. 31b Mr. Bell's Cr. h. Swainby, 5 yrs, Bst. 91b Mr. Attwood's Theano, 5 yrs, ist. 91b Mr. Stephenson'a Corrysrechan, 6 yrs, Bst 0 p 4 Mr. Dawson's Achilles, 3 yrs, 64. 81b Mr. Mann's Merry Lass (a feather) Betting-5 to 4on Theano ;2to 1 agst Remnant ; after the first heat, 3 to 1 on Theano ; after the second, 2 to 1 on Remnant. First heat won easy, the second by a length, and the third by half a length. STEAM NAVIGATION By enlarging the model of the Great Western to a ship of 3,9.00 tons,‘‘ith engines of .1,000 horse power, the voyage from Bristol to New York, made in fillet n days five hours by the Great Western, camuming 430 tons of coa:s, would be 1 erto-nsed by this larger ship, under the same circumstances of wind and 'sea her, in about tim days, with a consumption Of about 530 tons of coals, If we allow 1,000 tons for the weight of her t ngints, boiler, and water, and 1,100 for fuel out and home, we shall have 1,100 tons to sp: re for corgo and pas-enters ; showing that speed, economy, and capacity iniPrease in proportion to the size of the ship. Three tons to the horse-powe r semto be a fair estimate; but as ships are imircased in magnitud e, t;ic propelling power, perhaps, may be decreased.—Rail. way Magazine. NEW PUBLICATIONS.—Mr. Co!burn, of Great Marlborough-street, has just published the follownil; interesting new Works :-1. 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Queen Elizabeth and her Time;; a series of original letters, dedicated, by permission, to the Queen, 2 volt., with Portraits, 32s —The same publisher has also just issued the following new Works of fiction, which May be had at ali the Lib: al ics :-. 1, Th e Woman of the World, by the authoress of " The Diary of a Des,n. nuyee," 3 vols. 2. The Greenwich Pensioners, a Companion to Mr. Gleig's "Chelsea Pensioners," 3 vols. 3. Shakspeare and Lis Friends, or The Go!den Age of Merry England, an Historical Romance, 3 vols. 4. The Man about Town, by the author of " Glances at Life," 2 vol. 5. Lights and Shadows of Irish Life, by Mrs. S. C. Nall, authoress of " The Buccaneer,"&c., 3 vols. 6. Nourmahal, sn Oriental Romance, by M. J. Quin, Esq., 3 vols. And 7. Outward Bound, nr A Merchant's Adventures, by the author of "Rattlin, the Reefer," &c., 3 vols. CORONATION SAUSAGES.—At a ham and bccf shop window, iu Little Russell-street, Covent-garden, a paper is exhi. bited, on which i$ written—." Royal coronation sauEagcs to le hrd within ..—the largest ever made." hear the observations of the Noble Lord, and he irusicd that they would sink deeply into the minds of the great numbdr of gentlemon who, in their zeal for the agricultural interests, would not suffer foreign corn under bend to be ground in this real rn. EGYPT AND TURKEY. Lord BROUGHAM said that, in reference to the obser vations which had been made by the Noble Earl who spoke la,t, the announcement made by the Noble Viscount might certainly form a subject of congratulation in some parts of the country, but undoubtedly it would elicit a different feeling in other parts of the country. It was certainly an amusing and rather superfluous qualification, that that was the Noble Viscount's present opinion and determination on the subject— for he believed nobody ever theught of pledging themselves as to what would be their future opinions or intentions. —(" Hear, hear," and laughter.) While upon his legs he would take the opportunity of calling the attention of the Noble Viscount to a subject of great importance--a commu nication made to the British Consul at Alexandria by the Paella of Egypt, M hemet Ali (a personage whose proceed ings were el serving of consid era bl e attent i on, as well for his exertions to abolis slavery in his dominions as to estahlish institutions for the promotion of education), to the effect that he had determined to cast off his allegiance to the P..rto (which had, indeed, been merely nominal of late), still, how ever, with a view to avoid hostilities expressing his willing ness to pay some kind of tribute to the Sultan. He (Lord Brougham) hal just heard that such a communication to the four Consuls resident-et_ Alexandria; namely, those of Eng land, France, Russia, and Austria (he did not know if the other three Powers were informed),-that such, at least, was Mehemet Ali's present intention.—(Laughter.) He now wished to ask the Noble Viscount if her Majesty's Consul had received any such official intimation ? Viscount MELBOURNE raid that he believed there had been no direct information to that effect received by the Bri tish Consul. There was a general expectation, however, that such a measure would in all probability be taken sooner or later by the Pacha. - LORD DURHAM'S CIRCULAR. Lord ELLENBOROUGII gave notice that he meant to take the ..r.rliest opportunity of calling the attention of the Government to the circular letter which appeared in the Montreal Gazette of the 31st of May, addressed to the Exe cutive Council by Lord Durham. MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS (IRELAND). Lord MELBOURNE stated that he intended to take the second reading of the Municipal Corporations Bill for Ireland on Monday, the 9th instant. SLAVERY. HER MAJESTY'S STATE BALL. Her Majesty vi grand state ball last nig/it at the new palace, which for spiendoef hos eferpassed any ball given Alec , the reign of George IV.. The members cf the Royal Family and the tole of the Fo reign Ambassadors Extraordinary were presect, also t7itir en _ metents attaches. Many other distinguished foreigners, includ ing his Roy al Highness the Duke de Nemours, h.s Serene Highness the Prince Ernest of Hesse Phillipstlal, his Serene Highness the Prince de Leiningen, his Serene Highness the Prince Christian of Holstein Glucksburg, his Serene Highness the Duke of saxe Coburg, &c. The carriages began to s( t down company shortly before ten, and continued, without hitermission, until nearly twelve. In the vestibule the fine band of the royal regiment of horse guards (blue) were stationed, which, during the night played some of the most admired morceaux fret's the to,t_,e-a. Shortly after ten their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Gloucester, Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and Prince George and Princess Augusta, accompanied by their suites, arrived. Their Royal Highnesses were received in the marble hall by several distinguished members of the household, and by them conducted to the Royal presence in the yellow draw ing room. The grand staircase, picture gallery, salon de trove (throne room), yellow drawing room, grand saloon (the ball room), green drawing room, also the oriental retreat of temporary structure over the portico. All there apartments were tastefully ornamented with beau tiful flowering and rare plants. The splendour of the above saloons have been so amply described that a description here would be superfluous ; suffice it to say, the same elegance-per vaded this brilliant ball as the former ones. Her Majesty entered the yellow drawing room at a quarter past ten, the band playing on her Majesty's entrance, " God save the Queen," accompanied by her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent and her Serene Highness the Princess Hohenloe. His Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen, and his Serene Highness the Duke of Saxe Coburg, folloeed by the Marquis of Conyngham, Lady Flora Hastings, Hon. Major Keppel, Hon. Miss Pitt, Lady Barham, &c. The Queen received the whole of her royal relatives in this splen did apartment and shortly after half.past ten passed into the ball room, where M. Strauss's band immediately struck up " God save the Queen." At a quarter to eleven the ball commenced, her Majesty honouring his Royal Highness the Duke do Nemours with her hand. His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge danced with her Serene Highness the Princess Hohenloe; we also noticed in the same quadrille Lord Cantilupe, Lady Wil helmina Stanhope (the lovely daughter of the Earl and Coun tess St inhope,) Lady Georgiana Campbell, (the fair daughter of the Earl and Countess of Cawdor,) &c. Her Majesty afterwards danced with his Royal Highness Princo George of Cambridge, and his Royal Highness the Duke de Nemours with her Serene Highness the Princess Hohenloe. Her Majesty danced with her usual grace and animation, and appeared in excellent health and spirits. Her Majesty, before leaving for the yellow drawing room, danced with, we believe, his Serene Highness the Duke of Saxe Coburg, their Royal Highnesses the Prince George of Cambridge, Duke de Nemours, and Princess Augusta of Cambridge, danced in nearly all the sets. Mr. Strauss and his talented band played nearly all new mesic, and the quadrilles " Nemours l'Etoile," and " Les Champs Elysees ;" waltzes, 4. Krohumy," " Grazien Tanza," " Rosen," &c., were particularly admired, and performed in a most excellent manner. At twelve her Majesty, and the Royal Family proceeded to the yellow drawing room, where dancing was resumed. Shortly before one the Royal party retired to the salon de Crone, where a supper, consisting of the rarest delicacies, was laid out in a style of splendour becoming the Queen of these realms. After supper dancing was resumed, and was kept up with spirit until an early hour this morning-. The following is a correct list of the Foreign Ambassadors Extraordinary and their Attaches that we recognised in the brilliant throng, many, of necessity, omitted:— His Excellency Count Stroganoff, (Ambassador Extra ordinary from Russia), Countess Strogonoff, and Princess Volkowsky. His Highness Prince Schwarzenberg (Ambassador Extra ordinary from Austria), the Princess Schwarzenberg, Prince Alfred de Comdesel Gratz, the Landgrave de Furstenberg, Count Erdody, and Count Kinsky. His Excellency Marshal Soult (Ambassador Extraordinary from France), Marquis de Dalmatie, Marquis de Morney, Duke de Vienne, Marquis d'Eyragucs, Marquis de Bassano, and Count Champlatreux. His Highness Prince Putbus (Ambassador Extraordinary from Prussia), Count Pourtalea, Count Hatzfeldt, Baron Sal dem, and Baron Kzassom. His Excellency the Duke de Palmella (Ambassador Extra ordinary front Portugal), Duchess de Palmella. His Excellency the Marquis de Brignole (Ambassador Ex traordinary from Sardinia), Marchioness de Brignole, Mar- quis Durazzo, &c. His Highness Prince de Ligne (Ambassador Extraordinary from Belgium), Count de Cruquembourg, Count d'Enalt, Baron Hoogorett, &c. His Excellency Count Gustave de Lowenhielm (Ambas seder Extraordinary from Sweden), Count Pourhe, Cout.t Rosen, &c. His Excellency Count Alton (Ambassador Extraordinary from Honover). His Excellency Baron de Capellen ( Ambassador Extraor dinary from the Netherlands), Baroness de Capellen, Count Bentinck, &e. The splendour and variety of the uniforms of the above embassies formed the principal feature in the hall. Her Majesty was attired in a blue satin dress, covered with a white blonde. On the left arm her Majesty wore the in signia of the order of the garter, also the star in brilli tilts. Headdress of white roses, in the centre a cluster of diamonds ; diamond drop ear-rings. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, in a white satin costume de cour, with head-dress of diamonds Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester —A blue satin costume, covered with blond. Head-dress of diamonds hnd blue ostrich feathers. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, in a rich white satin dress. Head-dress of diamonds. Her Royal Highness the Princess - Augusta of Cambridge— A splendid silver lama dress, ornamented with jewels. Head dress of maiden blush roses and jewels. Her Serene Highness the Princess of Hohenloe.—A white dress covered with blond, with a wreath of roses for Tho dresses of the Dowager Duchess of Richmond, Countess Strogonoff, Princess Schwa-zenberg, Marchioness of Queensberry, Countess of Shrewsbury, Countess of Pem -I,roke, Duchess de PalmAls, Marchioness de Brignole, Countess of Lichfield, Marchioness of Breadalbne, Mar chioness of Ailesbury, Duchess of &met set, Countess Chro. nisky, Princess Volkonsky, Duchess of Buceleuch, Du hess of Richmond, Duchess of Bedford, Marchioness of Salisbury, Countess of Albemarle, Countess of Rosebcry, Countess of Craven, Licly Rendlesham, &c., were particularly splendid, and of a recherche description. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke of Camhridge and Prince George of Cambridge appeared in the uniform of Colone's in the Coldstream Guards. His Royal Highnesses the Duke de Nernours wore the regi mentals of a Le..t -General in the French Army, also the red iiband and cross of the Legion of Honour. Prince Esterhazy, Prince Schwarzenberg, Prince Alfred of Co:ndesel Graz, yLandgrave de Furstetiberg, and Count Erdody, in sp'etadid Austrian and Bohemian uniforms. His highness P.ince do Ligne in the uniform of a General in the Belgian army. His Serenq Highness Rine Christian of flolstein-( bourg, his Serene Highness Prince Ent le of Hesse Philips thal, and his Serene Highness Prince de Leinirigen, all wore sups rb military uniforms of their respective countries. His Excellency Marshal Soult wore the uniform of a Field Marshal ; also the riband and cross of the Legion of Honour. Tie Duke of Wellington, the Duke of Beaufort, the Duke Hof Devonshire, the Mai quis of London , leiry, Earl Cawdor, the E id of Sh• ewsbury, the Earl of Ch-st..•rtie d, Lord Canti. lu sr, Lord Loftus, Lord Ward, Lard Teiopl.-town, Viscount Beresforl, the Marqui: of Ailesbury, Count Pozzo di Borg o ( General in the Rossi in artily), Baro ► Diuts,falci the Duke d'Ossuna, the Marquis de 13,ratiger, the M irquis de Dalmati the Earl of Uxbridge, the Marquis of Anglcs,a, the Earl of Liverpool, the Marquis of Handy, the Marquis of S the Marquis of Carmarthen, &c., appeared in n Ival and mill i,ry uniforms. Yesterday Marshal Soult visited the Bank of Eng,- and, and was conducted over this national est.►bli:hment by the G 4ver nor, the Del my Governor, and some of the Directors. The gallant officer was yr ry much astooished at the large quantity of gold and silver he saw deposited in the bullion (Alice, and expressed his admiration at the 'node of conducting business generally in the Bank. The fact of the Marshal's presence at the Bank soon became known, and the Stock Exchange ritid other places of publ - c resort were immediately deserted, a n parties being anxious to pay a mark of respect to the anc,ent foe, but now the frien..ly visiter, to this country. Marshal Soult was enthtkias. flea ly erected by crowds of persons who witnessed his departure from the lank. The Marshal with his suite also paid a visit to the Thames lunnel, and was conducted to the shield by Mr Brunel, to whom he expressed his great admiration of the undertaking. Last week ab we 1,7011 persons visited the .tunnel the extension of which towards the Milulesex shore is progressing very steadily. The Bishop of London, who had previously officiated at the Chapel royal, preached on Sunday afternoon to an immense con. gregation at St. James's Church, taking for his text 1 Timothy, c. 2, v l , 2. If the bishop has been taxed with declaring without fear or reserve what were the duties of Royalty in the Abbey on Thursday, his coronation sermon, on Sunday afternoon, was to the full as e xp lic it as to the duties and allegiance of sul jeers, and was listened to with the most wafted attenticm ; an apparent bia of approbation running nroti:;!mut the congrcga•ion at its conclusion, which elnsi4ted of the F.ne , raper i.ted in the Abbey. '.I he bishop, we imag , re, miy b, prepared hoar some of his doctrines iairugneti, as trenching too closely ui on )assive obe,:ience. His Excellency Marshal Soult gave a sumptuous entertainment on Saturday evening to his highness Prince Putt us, Ambassador Extraordinary horn Prussia; his Excellency Lot nt Stro gonoff, Ambassador Extraud , nary from Russia; his Iligl.ness Pi ince de L'gne, Ambassador Extraordinary from BLlgiun ; the Duke cf Nor folk, Duke of Sutherland. Duke of Argyll, Marquis of La,,sdowre, Earl of Albemarle, Lord Holland, &c. Covers were laid ft r thirty. Up wards of 1,000 cards of imitation have been issue,' fur his Exc.:llt.ne.%'s grand ball on Friday next, fur which preparations have already c m- Menced. Strauss's band has been engaged. The funeral of the Dowager Marchioness of Cho'- mondeley took place yesterday morning from Carlton gardens. TI e sombre cortege consisted of four mourning coaches and four, three of the Royal carriage,, and about 25 carriages of the nobility. The Bishop of Lichfield left town on Friday by the Birmingham railroad, for his seat, Eeeleshall Castle, Staffcrd. The iler. Prelate's health, which has long been a source of anxiety to his Mends; was much improved before his departure. COURT CIRCULAR. The Quern's last Ball this month will take place on tho SChlt, and not on the 20th, as stated yesterday by mistake_ Vissount Melbourne had an audience yesterday of ler 11cr Alijeey the Queen Dowager took an airing in' a pony rlic.eton arai four. The Duke of Cambridge visited I:er Ma jesty ttt Marlborough nouS: yesterday. The Duke of S.ixe Coburg, and the Princess Hol•etilobe., left Bucking-1:m Palace )eAterday afternoon in an epur be rouche and four 11:r. a drive in the Parks. The Bishop of London had an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday at the Home Office. Captain tVilliam Willmott Henderson, of her M.ejesty's*bip Edinburyh, arrived at the Colonial Office yeAerday in a ear raige and four, with despatches from the Earl of Durham, Governor of the Canadas. The Earl of Mount Cashell had an interview with Lord (Tenclg yesterday at the Colonial Office. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council rat yesterday, nod were occupied Kith an appeal from the lfgh Court of Admiralty, relative to the London Merchant steam-vessel. The appcllant3 arc the Ge nera l Steam Navigation Company u. Wilson and others and Dooley. Sir William Follet watt heard for the appellants ; the Queen's Advocate and Doctor Lushington were heard for the respondents. At the conclu s'on of Dr. Lusbington's address, the Court rose and ad-. journed the case. The Lords present were Lord Brougham, Mr. Baron Parke, Mr. Justice Bcsanquet, the Judge of Pre rogative Court, and the Chief Judge in Bankruptcy. The Viscount do la Rochefaucault, Aide-de-Camp to his late Majesty, Charles the Tenth, is expected in twon. The Viscount is the only son of the Duke of Doudeauville. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—On the 25th . ult., ' at Loudeun Castle, the Lady Selina Constantine Bawdon Campbell ' Hastings, to Charles Henry, Esq., nephew to the Duke of Leinster. The Marchioness of Ha,tings, Countess Loudoun, gave away the fair and lovely bride, her daughter, surrounded by six handsome bridemaids, all dressed most, elegantly and alike, in dresses of blush-coloured pink, aid couronnes with knots of same co7our on their heads. Deservedly beloved and respected as is the Marchioness, it was an imposing sight in the gallery of her ancient castle, filled by her dependents and servants, and we noticed the Lady Mary Ross, Lord and Lady Kelburne, the Ladies Adelaide Forbes and Elizabeth Moore, the Baron and Baroness de Roebuck, &c. The happy pair set off after the ceremony for Bon nington, Falls of Clyde. The rumoured marriage of Lord Milton with Lady Frances Douglas, eldest daughter of the Earl of Morton, will, in some degree, connect the family of Lascelles with the house of Wentworth, the Eat! of Harewood being uncle to the Earl of Morton, aneLLadY F. D. teilas consequently being Lord Harewood's grand-niece. By the marriage of the Hon: W. Lascelles, third son of the Earl of HarewOOde with Lady Caroline, eldest daughter of the Earl of Carlisle, the families of Howard and Lascelles are already connected by marriage. The East of Morton is one of the representative Peers of Scotland. Lady , Frances, his Lordship's eldest daughter, was born in September, 1819, and is consequently in her 19th year. Lord Milton will be twenty-three years of age in October next. The Marquis and Marchioness of Downshire have issued cards for a banquet on the 13th inst. The Noble Marquis, Mar. eldoness, and the Laeies Mary and Charlotte Hill will leave ENG hampstead this morning for town. The marriage between the Hon. Captain Hood and Lady Mary, it is expected, will be solemnised the latter end of this or early in next month. His Royal Highness the Duke de Nemours dined last evening with Count and Countess Sebastiani, at Manchester Hour. The Duke of Nassau, his Excellency Baron de Capellen (Ambassador Extraordinary from the Netherlands), Prince Furstenberg, Earl and Countess of Bandon, Earl Jermyn, Earl of Pembroke, Countess of Win terton, Earl of Surrey Lord and Lady Ashburton, Earl and Countess of Eldon, Earl and Countess Rosslyn, Lord and Lady Da Saumarex, Lord Cosmo Russell, Viscount and Viscountess Dungannon, Lady Char lotte Turner, Sir Stratford and Lady Canning, Sir John and Lady Ann Becks tt, Lord and Lady Newark, Lord Francis Russell, Sir Charles and Lady Knightly, Lady Brabazon, Sir Edward and Lady Harriet Paget, Lady Louisa Roberts, Viscount and Lady Lucy Clive, and upwards of 150 persons of distinction, were amoung the visiters to his Royal High ness, at Grillon's Hotel. The Marquis and Marchioness of Sligo and the Ladies Browne leave their town residence to.day for Westport House, their scat in Ireland. • His Royal Highness the Duke de Nemours gave audiences on Saturday at Grillon's Hotel to their Royal Highnesses the Duke 'of Cambridge, Duke of Sussex, and Prince George of Cambridge. In the keening h.'s Royal Highness dined with Via! count Palmerston. 00 Sunday Ilia Royal Highness, accompanied by his aide-de-camp, went to Richmond and visited the neighbouring villages. VAUXHALL GARDENS.—Lost evening a Very splendid coronation fete was given at these gatOens, the attraction cote. bining the ascent, for the second time this season, of the Royal Nassau balloon, the new dramatic piece in the Rotunda from the pen of Haynes Bayley, entitled A Full House, and pyrotechnic dih'laY of unusual grandeur and brilliancy. The weather being rather unpropitious, the first was not effected in a very imposing style. The aen.al machine, freighted with its scientific conductior, Mr. Green, and four sientlemens on being at a given signal released from its restraint, rose majOtically above the trees, and floated fbr a short time in sight of the metroOnlia, when it finally disappear.d. The Duke of Nassau and several of the foreign ambassadors were present, and the ascent of the balloon seemed to excite considerable interest to the former, as his Royal Highness re collected that the vast machine descended in his territories on the occx 'ion of its grand continental voyage. The fire-works, in addition to e number of.novel and ingenious changes, presented an emblematical ta bleau appivriate to the occasion, the brilliancy , and beauty of which . elicited loud and general appl a u s e. THE DANISII CLAIMS.-Yesterday a meeting o f the merchants and others having claims upon the Government for con. fiscation of British prop :rty by the Danish Government, was held at tts • London Tavern, fir the purpose of considering the necessary measures to enforce upon the Mini-try, the payment of interest upon tie sure • al:owed as compensation. Mr. J. Shillito in the Chair. After a lensrhe.ted conversation upoq the subject of the claims, it was the gene; ral opinion of the sneering thSt to press for interest until all the claims now in course of adjud cation acre liquidated, would be premature, and the meeting accordingly adjourned. An inquest Was held on Wednesday, at the Church House, at Eiciduli,h, to investigate the circumstances connected with the death of Prudence Sutton, wife of Josiah Sutton, of Biddulph, who, it was' reported, had died on Monday afternoon, from injuries received from her husband a few days before. The evidence given was as fol lows :—Josiah Sutton, the husband, who himself keeps a beer shop, had been drinking at another beer shop, in the neighbourhood, on Wednesday week,. and on returning home conducted himself in 5 0 violent a manner towards his wife that she ran fur refuge to a nei,;hbotir's house. Sutton followed her, using threatening language; and was particularly exasperated by being kept out of the house into which his wife had run, by Ole occupier of it holding the door shut against him. Alter some time, and on his promising not to ill-treat her, the woman ventured to go hkme with him ; but on the way he struck her repeatedly in the most violent manlier, and particularly about tho head and neck, so thst she became dangerously ill, and she died en Monday last. On a post mortem examination it was found that the head ha.i receivrd such injury by a blow, or fall, as sufficiently ac counted for the woman's death. The Jury returned a verdict of " Wil ful murder" against the husband, who was committed to the assizes for t ia'. Ile a nious and important operation of transfusion of blood was recently performed with perfect success by Mr. John Wilson and Mr. Richard Rip:ey, of Whitby, on the persoq , of Mrs. Ilartley, who was rapidly sinking under violent hemorrhage. The r pulse was gone, and not even by the application of a mirror to the mouth of the patient could it be perceived th at s h e b reat h e d ; b ut, b y the injection into her veins of a large quantity of blood taken from those of her sister and husband, the patient was gradually withdrawn from the very jaws of death, and is now approaching convalescence.;-.- Sunderland Herald. COMMISSION OF LUNACY.—Yesterday the pro ceedings under the Commission against Captain Wynne, of Hammer smith, were resumed before Commissioners Phillimore, Winslow, and Blunt, at the Gray's Nu Coffee-house, Holborn. Mr. Richards i'... tended, as on the former occasion, in 'lmport of the Commission, and itlr. Lownds on behalf of the alleged lunatic. The evidence given was similar to that which has been already published, and the Jury express ing thcrnsclves sati,fied with it, in which Mr. Lownds concurred, a ver dict ef insanity is as returned. COLLIERY ACCIDENT.—A melancholy destruction Of Inman life occurred at the Woodhead Colliery, twit* Chca lle; the properly of John Leigh, Esq., on Saturday morning lest. About six o'clock on that morning two of the miners, John Harrison and George Oliver, went down the pit with the intention of working. They had not been long down when alarm was given far the chain to be drawn up, which was immecttitely done, and the two men ascendzd in a corfe. On reaching the top Oaivcr called out for the waggon to be put over the pit's mouth, which was no sooner cone than Harrison, who had been he:cl by tha arm by Olirer, fell senseless on the waggon. Oliver then gar• the inelatiehtly information that there w•as damp in the pit, and he b2Hevert a number of the men were sufncated, Means were imme- d atcly nsel to remove the damp, and some of the mcn went down shortly afterwards in order to teseue, if possible, the sufferers, hot of ele.•t n men who were in the pit only"one was found alive, there. . . . raining ten unfortunate persons being all suffocated, The man who had so narrow an escape was named James Clarke. When fund, he was tying down irs; nsible, and it was not until several hours had elapsed that ho properly recovered his recollection. The man stated that ktbout f .ur o'clock of the morning of Saturday, he was working near to Sa. tmtcl Salt, one of the men who perished, when they perceived them selves much aCeeted by tho ; and they tried to get to the bottom of the pit, but they did not succeed. lie (Clarke) laid himself down and fanned himself with his jact (A, to which he attribute.] his preservation. He continued to do so as long as he could, and eventually he became in. scn:ibl~~ Semuel Salt was found about fifteen yards from Clarke, and quite d:•ad. An inquest was held on Monday, at the Royal Oak Inn, Che idle. The ve, diet was in accordance with the facts now stated.— Stlijiirdshire Advertiser. A GREAT CURIOSITY.—We were favoured yes :erday with a sijtit of a most magnificent hat, now making in this city, at the eNtab!isiitiwnt of tlicVelebra•ed Carl King, intend, d as a present to the Q.Leen Viccoi is. It is to be made of the finest braid ever seen in :!le United States, to be put togeh r by American yvung ladies, and sent to the yoot.g Quem as a specimen cf what the taleht, enterprise, and ingenuity of Ibis ctuntry can cillet. It will, indeed, be a most superb affair. Whim En shed it will re paced upon a bust taken from a model of the Quee,..; 11,a,1, with the ieatures resembling hers ; then enclosed in a glass case; the wl:ole put into a wooden case and swinging frame, aad shipped on brand the Great Western on her next Massage cut prrict:n THE SUDDEN DE,ATH IN HYDE PARK F AIR. Ycerttlay a Coron..r s it quest sat at the Barley Mow public lion . Mut.nt.street, Ilatylver square, to inquire into the cause of the death of Mr. Thomas Re: res Hillma ebo expired suddenly in Algar's Clown and AuelKir b. oth, a lath) arts midnight, in the midst of the gaieties of the fair, on Friday snorting. Mr. w. Cooke, of Chaneery-h.ne, knew the deceased, who had rzsitiLd in Verulam. buildings, Gray's Inn. T..c last time that witness saw the deceased was th a t day fortnight, at a cricket-match on Lords' grqund. The deceased then complained of not being well. He was subjeCt to epileptic fits. His age was 9.3 years, though he looked older. Ratcliffe Highway—l am a dock I l a ‘ b ho ou m r a e s r. SaL lZ l LTs toi l faNne:l(lirv.:l k e e l. : lla i t n 'e t ' o the booth together about one o'clock on Friday mornitiz. 'There W.. a Ist of gentlemen larking in eto t'i a dit was et ry h t and crowded. The deceased sat down next 1112, aid put his legs up. He appeared quite sz:ber. He began to ash cp as I thought, and I sail, " If you sleep lucre you will lose your watch and quizzing glass." Soon after his arm dropped, and his f..p. He :weer sp( ke a word. I put his watch in his pocket, aid Cottoned his coat up. He did not drink anything. lam sure he was (had in tea minutes, and long before the policeman came up. Ver. diet —" Died by the , isitation of Ged." SINGULAR EVENT.—JoI n Christopher and Mary Christopher, his wife, at the Receptacle, in Haigh, both died an - • Tuesday the 26th instant ; one , n the mornipg, and the other in the afternGcn, cash 74 yL•r.rs ol age. NVe Lnderstand they had expressed a desire, vki)cn liviiag, not to survive each other long Iregan Gazette. I